TalkTalk chief Dido Harding pushes to split BT and Openreach as profit rises May 14, 2015 TalkTalk boss Dido Harding renewed her calls for the regulator to force BT to sell its telecoms network division Openreach yesterday, and said more competition in the market would lead to further investment. Harding made the comments while discussing TalkTalk’s results for the year to 31 March, which showed a 3.2 per cent rise [...]
Talk Talk share price rises after jump in financial forecasts May 14, 2015 TalkTalk has told investors they can expect a bumper year in 2017, after it raised its financial outlook expectations. Its share price rose around 2.5 per cent in early trading. The figures Talk Talk’s revenue for the full year to 31 March was up 4.2 per cent to £1.8bn, but there was no real move [...]
Digital probe sparks row over broadband as Sky and Talk-Talk press Ofcom to break up BT and Openreach March 12, 2015 A battle between the UK’s largest telecommunications businesses intensified yesterday, as Sky and Talk-Talk pounced on a decision by the regulator to launch a wide-ranging probe into the sector. Both firms ramped up pressure on Ofcom to break up BT from the part of its business – called BT Openreach – that runs the UK’s broadband [...]
TalkTalk trips as costs fall slower than anticipated February 3, 2015 TALKTALK was bruised in morning trading yesterday after it revealed an unsuccessful IT project and additional costs from its takeover of BlinkBox would hit its full-year profit forecast. “Two broad things have led us to guide that we will be towards the bottom end of current market expectations,” TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding told City [...]
Sky and TalkTalk join the list of bidders circling Telefonica’s O2 January 20, 2015 EUROPEAN pay-TV broadcaster Sky has been named among the growing list of parties interested in bidding for Telefonica’s UK mobile network O2, which was spurned by BT before Christmas in favour of a £12.5bn bid for rival EE. Talks between Telefonica and Sky, as well as interest from UK value player TalkTalk, were first reported [...]
Sky and Talk Talk are the latest in the frame to buy O2 from Telefonica January 20, 2015 Sky and Talk Talk are the latest to join the queue of apparent bidders to snap up UK mobile business O2 from Telefonica. Talks between the Spanish telecoms firm and Sky and Talk Talk are said to be taking place, according to reports, just days after it was revealed China’s Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of [...]
Exclusive: TalkTalk chief Dido Harding says watchdog must consider BT and Openreach split December 2, 2014 TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding has called on Ofcom to consider the separation of BT and its infrastructure arm Openreach, a move she said could create a new FTSE 100 business better incentivised for consumers. Her call comes as BT is believed to be considering asking the regulator for permission to fold its wholesale arm [...]
TalkTalk boss Dido Harding doesn’t fear quad play UK December 2, 2014 As deal fever sweeps the sector, the head of Britain’s budget broadband business isn’t fazed. Dido Harding feels quite relaxed despite the past two weeks’ explosive telecoms deal talk that foreshadows what could be the largest period of consolidation the sector has ever seen. If anything, the chief executive of Britain’s budget broadband provider – [...]
Split BT and Openreach: £10bn takeover talks with O2 and EE raise competition concerns for Vodafone and TalkTalk November 26, 2014 BT’s biggest rivals voiced competition concerns last night as the former state monopoly continued £10bn takeover talks with the owners of mobile networks O2 and EE. Vodafone and TalkTalk would both call on the regulator to ensure greater separation between BT and its infrastructure arm Openreach, even going so far as to push for the [...]
Talk Talk share price rises on broadband deal with Telefónica UK November 17, 2014 Shares in TalkTalk rose 0.9 per cent to £2.92 in morning trading, after the company confirmed a new network deal with O2 owner Telefónica UK. The multi-year contract will involve Telefónica UK providing TalkTalk with access to its 2G, 3G and 4G services in the UK, as part of a plan to build a bundled [...]